I am in a ridiculous set of circumstances wherein I have 4 years more to pay my ex-wife spousal support and she owes me over $30,000. We have been divorced for over 2 years and I have already paid 2 years in Spousal Support. The marital home was finally sold last year and after all was settled, there was no equity left to divide. Part of the Divorce Settlement that I agreed to was to allow her to take an advance on equity in home on price she told courts the home would sell for. It did not sell for that and paid all the bills on the home until it was sold, including all costs associated with selling the home and putting the home in sellable condition. My attorney motioned the court for reimbursement for her half of all costs associated with this sale and the deficit in equity. We won the case and the court decided that she would pay me back the amount in question (over $30K). However, they gave her 90 days to pay back the debt and stipulated that the rate of interest would be 10% until debt was paid. My attorney wants to garnish her salary which will not be much since she refuses to work a full time job. In the meanwhile, I continue to pay $1400 a month in alimony to a person who owes me over $30K.

Can I petition the court to modify the amount of the spousal support for the remaining 4 years of alimony based on this judgement? Would this be classified as a change in circumstances since the date the alimony was awarded? I have an amortization schedule showing the payments per month for the next 48 months, taking into consideration the 10% apr on unpaid balance and annual income tax adjustments. Has this been done in Ohio and if so, is there a case I can refer to. I feel like I am in a unique situation, but I have to believe that this has happened to someone somewhere before.

Thank you!